David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 86: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 73 and 87 of 27 April 2010 the further progress made in improving participation in the micro-generation programme being operated by the Electricity Supply Board; the total number of customers who have signed up to date; the numbers signed up under each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37892/10]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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There are currently 302 customers operating in the ESB Microgeneration scheme with a total connected capacity of 1709.17kW.

The categories of technology operating under the scheme are as follows:

Wind Turbine installations = 261

PV installations = 39

Hydro Turbines installations = 2

Wind Turbine installations comprise approximately 93.5% of total microgeneration connected capacity.

PV installations comprise approximately 6% of total microgeneration connected capacity.

Hydro Turbine installations comprise approximately 0.5% of total microgeneration connected capacity.

A total of some 307,048kWh was exported by ESB microgeneration customers between 30th September 2009 and 14th September 2010.

The breakdown by technology type is:

A total of 267,760kWh were exported by Wind Turbine installations.

A total of 38,340kWh were exported by PV installations.

A total of 948kWh were exported by Hydro Turbine installations.

ESB Customer Supply is currently processing an additional 15 microgeneration customer applications.